British Japanese defensive alliance aims at peace in Far East
The August 12 treaty between Great Britain and Japan, signed by Lord Lansdowne and Baron Hayashi, promises a defense pact to maintain peace and prosperity in east Asia and India. The document, under 800 words with eight articles, emphasizes mutual support against aggression and broad regional security. Baron Hayashi calls it a safeguard against renewed disturbances, while noting lasting peace cannot be guaranteed.
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London
Great Britain
Japan
Lord Lansdowne
Esaron Hayashi
Foreign Office
Lansdowne
St. Petersburg
Paris
Far East
East Asia
India
Zemstvo Congress Sets Broad Political Reform Program
The congress in Moscow proposes legal equality for all citizens, peasant rights parity, end to village guardianship, abolition of the zemsky natchalnik, inviolability of person and home, freedom of conscience and press, and a passport abolition. It calls for a national assembly elected by universal suffrage with budgetary control and a democratic zemstvo representative body across the empire.
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Moscow
Zemstvo Congress
Zemsky Natchalnik
Zemstvos
Baron Kaneko Recalled From United States to Return to Japan
Baron Kaneko, the emperor of Japan’s confidential agent, has been recalled from the United States. He will accompany Baron Komura, a peace envoy, on a voyage beginning Wednesday via Montreal and Vancouver and will sail for the Orient aboard the Empress of India on October 2.
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Japan
New York
Baron Kaneko
Baron Komura
Montreal
Vancouver
Patrick's Final Appeal Faces Court of Appeals
Albany Oct 2 The final effort to save Albert T Patrick condemned for William Marsh Rice murder moves before the state court of appeals Ex Senator David B Hill will address the court seeking a reargument of the appeal recently decided against Patrick.
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Albany
N. Y
Albert T. Patrick
Wm. Marsh Rice
State Court of Appeals
David B. Hill
Patrick
Drunken quarrel ends in fatal shooting near Bloomington
In Chandlersville two miles northwest of Bloomington Indiana on September 26 Damin Guise was arrested after shooting and killing Rocco Fenar an Italian. Police say the tragedy grew from a drunken quarrel.
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Bloomington
Ind
Rocco Fenar
Chandlersville
Damin Guise
Land Office Finds Major Disposals of Public and Indian Lands
The annual report to the general land office shows that for the fiscal year ended June 30, 16,979,075 acres of public lands and 77,546 acres of Indian lands were disposed of.
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General Land Office
Shocking Texas Tragedy: Conditt Family Murdered at Rice Farm
Edna Texas September 29. Mrs. B J Conditt and four children including a 13 year old daughter and three sons ages six to ten were murdered at their home near the city. The mother and daughter were assaulted and disfigured. Conditt was away in the rice fields. The county is out in pursuit with posses believed to number two men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna, Tex
J. Conditt
Here
Mou Gibson Located. Pursuit Intensifies in Edna
In Adana Texas on October two, Mou Gibson, the suspect in the murder of Mrs Conditt and her children, has been found and several posses chase him. Relatives request Gibson be burned at a suitable public place in Edna with citizens present after capture, per his parents’ wishes.
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Adana
Tex
Mou. Gibson
Edna
Jackson County
Bacon Ready to Succeed Loomis as First Assistant Secretary
Robert Bacon of New York, designated to succeed Francis B. Loomis as first assistant secretary of state, is in Washington preparing to assume the duties. He conferred with Secretary Root last night before taking office.
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Washington
Robert Bacon
New York
Francis B. Loomis
Root
United States Steel Corporation
Loomis Vindicated in Roosevelt Hay Dispute
Washington dispatch reports a Roosevelt Loomis correspondence showing the president says Hay disagreed with him on mild censure of Loomis in Bowens Venezuela probe. Roosevelt adds Hay condemned Bowens conduct and notes most charges were against Hay, not Loomis.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Loomis
Hay
Taft
Bowen
Venezuela
Sensational suit filed to oust Kansas City Kan officials
In Topeka the state supreme court hears three suits by Attorney General Coleman seeking removal of Mayor W W Rose, Wyandotte County Attorney James Gibson, and the city of Kansas City Kansas from office or corporate powers over alleged violations of state prohibitory laws in Wyandotte county.
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Topeka
Kan
State Supreme Court
C. C. Coleman
W. W. Rose
Kansas City
James Gibson
Wyandotte County
Laborers Refuse Disembarkation and Vaccination at Colon
Six hundred fifty Martinique workers aboard the Versailles refused to disembark or vaccinate under American sanitary rules. After forceful ejection by Panaman and canal zone police, 500 finally landed for assigned canal work while 150 remained aboard, later brought ashore and fed, then transported to Corozal to begin duties.
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Colon
Martinique
Versailles
Canal Zone
M. Bonhenry
Corozal
Ottawa eyes updated guns for Vigilant to curb poaching
The Department of Marine and Fisheries seeks imperial consent to mount quick-fire three pound guns on the Canadian cruiser Vigilant. If approved, Halifax ships will deliver the guns, boosting efforts to stop American fishermen poaching under the 1817 Rush-Bagot treaty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ont
Department of Marine and Fisheries
Halifax
Land Grabbers Convicted in Oregon Case
Portland reporters say the jury convicted United States ya congressman J. N. Williamson Dr VanGessner and Marion R Biggs of suborning perjury to fraudulently locate on government land. Penalty ranges from 1000 to 10000 dollars fine and up to two years imprisonment.
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Portland
Ore
United States
J. N. Williamson
VanGessner
Marion R. Biggs
Prineville
Hoch hints at oil refinery bill to challenge trusts
Topeka Sept 26 Governor Hoch signals if re elected he will urge the legislature to pass another bill authorizing a state oil refinery. He asserts a constitutional workaround can be found to vindicate the measure that failed under the previous legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
E. W. Hoch
They Can't Agree on City Ticket After Fusion Talks
Five minutes sufficed to dissipate hope of fusion between the Republicans the Citizens' Union and the Municipal Ownership League on a city ticket. Representatives met last night and received the report that they were unable to agree on candidates. Each party blamed others for the failure to reach an anti-Tammany coalition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Citizens’ Union
Municipal Ownership League
Yellow Fever Progress in New Orleans by Oct 2
Report shows 23 new cases bringing total to 3,023, with 391 deaths. Four new foci identified, 227 cases under treatment, and 2,405 discharged.
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New Orleans
Train Collision Near Glenwood Causes Injuries
In Connersville Indiana a rear end crash between a passenger train and a freight near Glenwood last evening injured two trainmen and four passengers, none seriously. The passenger train piled into a heap, four coaches burned, and the wreckage caught fire.
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Connersville
Ind
Glenwood
Morgan Declines Panama Trip Invitation
Alabama Senator John T. Morgan writes to Panama Canal Commission chair T. P. Shonts declining to accompany the commission to Panama. He says the trip would accomplish nothing and will stay at home.
Bombing at Pekin Station Kills Four Officials
At Pekin railway station a private car exploded during departure of a train carrying four missionaries abroad to study foreign political methods. Four minor officials were killed and more than twenty wounded in the blast.
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Pekin
Market Report Grain and Livestock Prices Across Cities
Indianapolis grain and livestock prices show wheat at 85 to 89 cents for No 2 red, corn 56 to 64 cents, oats 27 to 30 cents, hay prices from 6 to 11 dollars, cattle 2 to 6 dollars, hogs 4 to 5.75 dollars, sheep 2.75 to 4.50, lambs 4.50 to 7.75. Chicago values list wheat 64 to 64 and mixed oats 27 percent, cattle 2 to 5.25, hogs 4.75 to 5.80, sheep 3.85 to 5.10, lambs 5.50 to 7.60. New York shows cattle 3.80 to 5.15, hogs 4.50 to 6.05, sheep 3.00 to 5.37, lambs 5.00 to 8.00. East Buffalo markets post cattle 4.75 to 6.00, hogs 4.40 to 6.08, sheep 4.00 to 5.00, lambs 5.50 to 7.75. Toledo wheat notes May 83 64. Dec 64 0. cash 85.
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Indianapolis
Chicago
East Buffalo
Alice Roosevelt boards Minnesota at Shimonoseki
Miss Alice Roosevelt arrived at Shimonoseki on Sunday morning and went aboard the steamer Minnesota without going ashore. The Minnesota then departed for Yokohama at 11 o clock.
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Tokio
Alice Roosevelt
Shimonoseki
Minnesota
Yokohama
International Congress and Political Advances Across Nations
The Milan session of the International Navigation Congress is underway. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. will enter Harvard with the incoming freshman class. New York DA Jerome launches an independent re election bid with campaign HQs. Moderates win Cuban election boards signaling Palma’s December reelection. Mons hosts talks on international control of polar exploration. Rev W W McKinney longtime editor of The Presbyterian dies at Rutledge Pennsylvania.
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Milan
Italy
Theodore Roosevelt,Jr
Harvard
Palma
International Congress On
Mons
Belgium
Fifer to retire as interstate commerce commissioner in 1906
Joseph W. Fifer will retire as interstate commerce commissioner around January 1, 1906. The United States and world affairs continue with notices of upcoming congresses and changes in public offices. The shield outrage at Cienfuegos and a Manila typhoon with severe damage and deaths are reported alongside other government resignations.
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Joseph W. Fifer
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
International Postal Congress
Rome
National Association of First Class Postmasters
Dayton
Ohio
Cienfuegos
Fire devastates Colon area destroying dozens of homes
A blaze in Colon destroyed forty to fifty houses, while Columbia University awarded honorary degrees to Mr Witte and Baron Komura. The Arispe Savings Bank at Arispe Indiana closed with a state examiner appointed. Rumors said John F Gaynor and Benjamin D Greene abandoned efforts against extradition. An Anglo Japanese shipowning and carrying combine with about 25 million dollars capital was reportedly arranged. George B Cortelyou to hand chair to Harry S New at the Republican National Committee next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colon
Columbia University
Witte
Baron Komura
Arispe Savings Bank
Arispe, In
John F. Gaynor
Benjamin D. Greene
Republican National Committee
George B. Cortelyou
Harry 8
New
Noted surgeon Dr Weir Johnstone dies in Cincinnati
Dr Arthur Weir Johnstone renowned abdominal surgeon dies in Cincinnati from appendicitis. The report records his death as a medical tragedy and notes his prominence in the field.
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Arthur Weir Johnstone
Cincinnati
Berlin
Typhoon Sinks Coastguard Boat Off Manila
A coastguard boat with crew and six passengers sank during a recent typhoon in Manila. One survivor reported heavy seas and strong currents, with rescue efforts ongoing as officials confirmed the loss of life and vessels in distress.
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Manila
Hitchcock
Three Die In Bessemer Wreck and Tragic House Fire
Three men were killed in a wreck at Bessemer Alabama. A separate fire in Hiroshima government stores building caused losses over two million dollars. A mother in Andover Illinois killed her seven children, then killed herself after setting their home ablaze and her husband soon followed. President Roosevelt has returned to the White House for the winter. Cholera deaths were reported in Lodz Russian Poland. The Indiana Farmers Institute Workers conference will be at Purdue University October 11 and 12.
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Roosevelt
White House
Lodz
Russian Poland
Hiroshima
Japan
Indiana Farmers’ Institute
Purdue University
Andover
Clarence B. Markham
Sherrick rearrested on Indiana state fraud charges
Indianapolis, Sept 30. David E Sherrick former state auditor removed by Gov Hanly for a $145000 shortfall was rearrested Friday on grand larceny embezzlement and conspiracy indictments Bail set at 10000 on each count Two indictments public first cites $120000 misappropriated from the state on June 6 1905 and a $10019 65 deposit at 2 percent interest with Columbia National Bank of Indianapolis
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Indianapolis
David E. Sherrick
Hanly
Sourbier
Sherrick
Columbia National Bank
Willard Wickard Released On Bond After Indictment At Indy
Willard Wickard stepped from a Big Four train at Indianapolis union station and was released on a 15000 bond after grand jury charges of grand larceny embezzlement and conspiracy to commit a felony were read. Sheriff Sourbier Deputy Myers and others arranged the bond at the Claypool hotel. The case follows the investigation of former Indiana state auditor David E Sherrick and promises a major legal battle in Marion County.
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Indianapolis
Willard S. Wickard
St. Louis
Union Station
David E. Sherrick
Marion County
Indiana
Myers
Wickard
Sourbier
Claypool
Sheriff's Office
Fred C Gardner
W. D. Allison
Milton A. Morris
Liberty
Preparing for Final Fight in Newton county court case
In Morocco Indiana on September 29 both sides in the Newton county seat dispute brace for the October circuit court term. If opponents of a new courthouse prevail the unfinished Kentland building may be torn down and the old structure used for about twenty five more years.
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Morocco
Ind
Newton
Kentland
Made Charges of Graft In Muncie Case
Affidavits filed in the case against Cyrus Heritage former Madison County treasurer accuse him of taking 5100 of the county funds before leaving office. The affidavits contain numerous serious graft charges.
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Muncie
Ind
Cyrus Heritage
Madigan County
Merchant Fatally Shot in Emoria Illinois? (adjusted)
Walter L. Ellison thirty three was shot and fatally wounded by an unidentified masked assailant at his store in Emportia nine miles south of Anderson Indiana last evening. The assassin fled into darkness.
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Anderson
Ind
Walter L. Ellison
Emporia
Here
County records inquiry to release report this week
Terre Haute Ind Oct 2 The expert accountants report on county records will be made public this week. Committee members refuse to discuss findings they have uncovered so far.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Veteran Ends Sufferings in Idaville Suicide
Curtis Brown aged 64, Civil War veteran, suffering from cancer, shot himself in the mouth with a .22 rifle at his Idaville home and died instantly.
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Idaville
Ind
Curtis Brown
State Treasurer Wipes Out 268000 Bond Debt
Indianapolis September 26 Nat A Hill state treasurer officially canceled 268000 in state bonds by meeting the obligation in full.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Nat A. Hill
Sheriff Meant Business At Prise Fight Arrests Crowd
Newport Ind October 2 Sheriff Stephen Sunday stopped a woods ring fight near the Indiana Nichols state line arresting 300 spectators. Principal fighters Kid Hubert of Kansas City and Carl Anderson of Hammond Ind were in the ring when the sheriff announced arrests. Anderson and his manager Kid Hennessy of Danville Ind were handcuffed and taken to town. Hubert escaped with the crowd. Most spectators were from Danville.
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Newport
Ind
Stephen
Indiana- Nicaols State Line
Kid Hubert
Kansas City
Carl Anderson
Hammond
Anderson
Kid Hennessy
Danville
Antiquarians puzzled by Toltec pyramid finds in Mexico
Explorations at an old Toltec pyramid on the Magueyitos hacienda in Mexico's Toluca region reveal a site possibly older than the Aztec and Toltec occupation. Carved figures in Chinese dress with Chinese features suggest ancient Chinese settlement in Mexico, puzzling antiquarians.
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Mexico City
Magueyitos Hacienda
Mor
Mexico
Second Peace Conference Invites Nations to Hague
Russian representatives abroad were instructed on Sept 21 to invite accredited governments to a second peace conference at The Hague. If accepted, Russia will present practical proposals and focus on urgent postwar issues to be settled without delay.
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St. Petersburg
The
Hague
Indiana Central University Opens in Indianapolis
Indiana Central University opened in a new Shelby street building near Madison avenue. Managed by United Brethren church trustees, the denominational but not sectarian school enrolls both young women and young men. The president is Rev. John T. Roberts.
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Indiana Central University
Indianapolis
Shelby Street
Madison Avenue
United Brethren Church
John T. Roberts
Note shows contract for medical treatment in Chicago
Mishawaka, Ind. September 30. A note for 160 dollars evidences a contract where John Hunsberger would pay a set sum and the company would cure him in three months or charge nothing. A stranger negotiated the note at face value.
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Mishawaka
Ind
Chicago
John Hunsberger
Hunsberger
State labor bulletin notes drop in New York unemployment
The New York state department of labor reports in its latest quarterly bulletin a marked improvement in trade since mid 1904 and continued with fewer idle wage earners than even 1902, deemed the decade’s most prosperous year.
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New York
Albany
N. Y
State Department of Labor
Purdue Sees Attendance Rise With Incoming Winter Class
President W. E Stone of Purdue University reports current attendance at 1,494 in Lafayette Indiana and says the winter class in agriculture will boost total to 1,600 or more.
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Purdue
Lafayette
Ind
W. E Stone
Purdue University
University
Taft in Chicago on War Trip Stop
Secretary of War William H. Taft and his party arrived in Chicago on Sunday afternoon during a cross country voyage to the East. They remained aboard their cars during the brief stop and departed for Washington at seven o clock in the evening.
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Chicago
William H. Taft
Washington
Huge Religious Service in Richmond Indiana
Several thousand attended the Indiana yearly meeting of Friends in Richmond on Sunday. The day was devoted to religious services and gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Ind
Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends
Loch Vennachar Wreckage Found After Clyde Voyage
Wreckage washed ashore on Kangaroo Island indicates the loss of the ship Loch Vennachar which departed Clyde on June 14 bound for Adelaide and Melbourne.
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Adelaide
Australia
Kangaroo Island
Clyde
Melbourne
Butcher and Policeman Duel Ends in Death in Columbus
In Columbus Indiana on September 29 William Allen a butcher and Policeman George Smitha exchanged pistol fire. Allen is dead while Smitha has a scalp wound.
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Columbus
Ind
William Allen
George Smitha
Allen
Smitha
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Asa
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Big Ditch
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Toledo
Jerome
W. W. McKinney
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Chambers Memorial Presbyterian Church
Rutledge, Pa
Helen Gould
Railroad
Young Men’s Christian Association
National Association of Agricultural Implement and Vehicle Manufacturers
C. F. Huhlein
Louisville
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Marshall Group
Europe
William R. Travers
Poland
Bessemer
Ala
Indiana State News
Hoosiers
Sherrick Case
Russia
Michigan City
Charles Pries
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